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The Mahapurana, Uttara Purana
The Lord of the Gods, Indra, took all the Keśas in his hand, placed them in a blazing casket of jewels, worshipped them, honored them, covered them with various kinds of radiant garments, and then, with the Gods, went himself and placed them in the ocean of milk.
The Tapolakshmi, like the desired object of Mokshalakshmi and the four Dhatus, embraced them herself.
It is proper that their Nirgranthapana should be well adorned by the abandonment of internal attachments, for just as the snake's mere shedding of its skin is not beautiful, so too is the mere abandonment of external attachments not beautiful.
At that time, the fourth Manahparyaya Jnana, like the knowledge of Keval Jnana, was also dedicated to those Lords by Samayam.
Having gone to the Aparamatta Gunasthan, those Lords obtained the necklace of the kingdom of Moksha, which is the form of Tapascharan. How can it be obtained by a careless being?
The first Samayik Charitra was for those Lords who possessed the Manahparyaya Jnana-like eye and were adorned with natural strength, for the second is only for careless beings.
I had taken vows in the forest in the Simha Paryaya itself, according to the teachings of the Muni Raj. Thinking thus, as if they had kept in mind the unity with the lion, they adopted the Simha Vritti.
Although they did not have sharp claws and sharp teeth like a lion, they were not like a lion, nor did they have red hair on their necks like a lion, yet they imitated the lion by these three qualities: bravery, being alone, and dwelling in the forest.
All the Gods, bowing to those Lords and praising their courage, went to their respective places with contented minds.
Then, on the day of Parana, the Bhattaraka Mahavira Swami went out of the forest for food and reached the city of Kulgram, which was as beautiful as the city of the Vidyadharas. There, the king named Kul, whose radiance was like the flower of Priyangu, saw them with devotion, circumambulated them three times, bowed his head at their feet, and considered them as a treasure that had come to his house. The king seated those Lords, who had taken the best vows, in a good place, worshipped them with Arghya, etc., adorned the ground near their feet with perfumes, etc., and offered them Paramanna (a meal of milk), which was a purifier of mind, speech, and body, and which fulfilled their desired purpose.